Growing ideas: Student project fosters flower funds
A student marketing plan to bring Terp Farm sunflowers to campus through community supported agriculture (CSA) membership came to fruition this fall at the University of Maryland Farmers Market.
Metagenomes provide microbial answers to the complexities of agricultural water safety
Beneath the calm surface of an agricultural pond in Maryland, an invisible world of microbes reveals insights that may reshape how we understand water safety in food production.
UMD Graduate Student Tackles Emerging Fungal Threat to Strawberry Crop Production
As fresh strawberries continue to sweeten tables across Maryland, a new disease has become a major threat to the entire industry. Neopestalotiopsis, a water-dispersed fungal pathogen that causes fruit rot, leaf spots, and plant decline, has been making its way into strawberry nurseries and fields across the U.S., sparking urgent interest among plant pathologists and growers facing sudden crop losses.
Retro Cattle: How a herdsman and expert cattle breeder carry on the legacy of the WYE Angus
Researchers are carrying on the lineage of a legendary bull named Lodge of the Wye, whose more than 60-year-old frozen semen was used to impregnate the current University of Maryland Wye Angus herd and carry on Lodge’s legacy.
Pilots on the Ground: UMD Researchers take a bird’s eye view into the future of agriculture
Like many industries, technology is changing agriculture in America. Precision agriculture uses new tech to observe and measure farm field data, and one of the most useful tools is proving to be drones